01112026-CT-01.qxd 11/1/2026 12:57 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune PU NEITHER CENTRAL VARSITY NOR CENTRALLY FUNDED: HC SULTANS OF SWING LIFT CHD GOLF LEAGUE TITLE AAP RE-NOMINATES KULWANT FOR MOHALI ASSEMBLY SEAT The High Court makes this observation while dismissing a petition filed by a teacher. P3 Sultans win title on their first final appearance, defeating Hunting Hawks 4-3. P3 He becomes only sitting legislator among the district’s three MLAs to receive early re-nomination. P5 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 57 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD WHAT’S ON APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sec 34 and Dadumajra Mohali: Sector 88, Phase 8 Please send information about events in Tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com Man found dead near Tribune Chowk Chandigarh, October 31 An unidentified man was found dead near Tribune Chowk here this morning. On receiving information, a team from the Industrial Area police station, along with forensic experts, reached the spot and initiated an investigation. According to the police, blood was oozing from the man’s mouth and he had a major injury on his face. The police suspect that he may have been hit by a vehicle or suffered injuries in a fall. The cause of death will be established after a postmortem examination, the police said. — TNS Boy moved to observation homefor attack on6-yr-old Girl was found in locked room, police record details Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Panchkula, October 31 An eight-year-old boy accused of hitting a six-year-old girl on the head with a brick at a school in Sector 20 has been sent to the Observation Home, Ambala, by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Panchkula. In its order, a copy of which is with The Tribune, the board directed that the boy be kept in a “place of safety” for his own protection, pending inquiry. He was produced before the board in protective custody of PSI Suresh Pal, the juvenile officer. The next hearing is on November 4, when he has to be produced in person. The board has also directed that he be taken to the GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, for “medical procedures” on November 2. The boy has been booked under Sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 117(2) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 127(2) (wrongful confinement) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The board is awaiting the inquiry report. The girl is now admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh. A video grab of the incident in Panchkula. LEGAL ACTION SO FAR ■ DATE OF INCIDENT: October 28, school hours, Sector 20 ■ DDR: Sector 20 police station, October 28 ■ FIR (AGAINST STAFF): October 31, Sections 75 JJ Act, 125(b) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ■ SECTIONS AGAINST BOY: 115(2), 117(2), 127(2) of BNS ■ NEXT JJB HEARING: November 4 Sources said she was stable and out of danger, though her condition remained serious. The police daily diary entries on the case record the following sequence. The incident took place on October 28 during school hours. The girl’s father told the police that he had arranged an auto-rickshaw for her. After school hours, the driver called to say she had not come out. The father went to the school and asked the staff to search for her. A child then told him that she was in a room and that another child had hit her. The father alleged that the boy took him to a room on the first floor. The door was latched from outside. continued on page 5 c m y b MAX 31°C | MIN 17°C YESTERDAY MAX 30.3°C | MIN 16.6°C SUNRISE MONDAY 6.37 AM /THETRIBUNECHD PANCHKULA SCHOOL HORROR GENERALLY CLOUDY SUNSET SUNDAY 5.35 PM » SUNDAY | 1 NOVEMBER 2026 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Chd turns 60, Mohali 51, no one celebrating Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Chandigarh/Mohali, Oct 31 Chandigarh turns 60 and Mohali 51 on Sunday, but neither city has planned any event to mark its foundation day. Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in the Tricity tonight for Chandigarh Police’s 60th Raising Day, when he will present the President’s Police Colour to the force. He will also attend a public function at Tiranga Park to inaugurate two projects and lay the foundation stones of seven, with a combined cost of Rs 262 crore. His itinerary has nothing on Chandigarh’s foundation day. The UT Administration appears to have overlooked it. When contacted, Punjab Governor and UT Adminis- UT Administrator Kataria contemplates annual event AT A GLANCE CHANDIGARH FOUNDED: 1966 AREA: 114 SQ KM POPULATION 12+ LAKH SAS NAGAR (DIST) FOUNDED: 1975 AREA: 1,189 SQ KM POPULATION (ABOUT) 15 LAKH trator Gulab Chand Kataria said he would take up with officials the plan to celebrate Chandigarh’s foundation day every year, as is done for Haryana Day and Punjab Day. Chandigarh became a Union Territory and joint capital of Punjab and Haryana on November 1, 1966. Mohali’s (SAS Nagar) foundation dates to November 1, 1975, when then Chief Minister Giani Zail Singh laid its foundation stone near Kamla Market, Phase I. Fifty one years later, the stone could no longer be traced. CHANDIGARH: FULL, COSTLY Spread over 114 sq km, the UT has added no new sectors in decades. Its property market shows the strain. A 30kanal industrial plot in Industrial Area, Phase I, was registered at Rs 200.32 crore in July, the highest single registration in the city. Sector 9 houses have fetched Rs 100 crore and above, and the Estate Office data shows the per-kanal rate there nearly doubled to about Rs 24.3 crore since early 2024. Registrations fell from 12,040 in 2023-24 to 7,311 in 2025-26, but stamp duty hit a continued on page 5 Youth dies as Thar rams into tree at Sector 17 Chandigarh, October 31 A 22-year-old man was killed and his friend seriously injured after their Thar rammed into a roadside tree and overturned on the Sector 16-17 road late on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Sahil, a resident of Rohtak. His friend, Priyanshu (22), a native of Bihar, is undergoing treatment. Priyanshu lives in a rented accommodation in Maloya. According to the police, the driver lost control of the SUV, which rammed into a roadside tree before rolling over four to five times. Both occupants were rushed to a hospital, where Sahil died. The vehicle was being driven at a high speed, the police said. An FIR has been registered against Priyanshu at the Sector 17 police station. — TNS The mangled remains of the Thar in Sector 17, Chandigarh.